Metallic tie.



J; C. FARBER.

METALLIC TIE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1911.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

JOHN o. riiasnn, or wxnpsna, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

METALLTG TIE.

Patented lDec. 1t, ieit.

Application filed May 22. 1917. Serial No. 170,254.

To all whom it may concern vent turning of the plate on its pivot. That Be it known that I, JOHN C. FARBER, of igto say, when the stud is out of engagement Windber, in the county of Somerset and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apper in normal engagement with the rail web,

't'ains' to make and use the same. I

My invention relates to railroad ties and particularly to that class of metal ties which are used in connection with mining or surface trackage systems adapted to be moved about from place to place.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and highly efficient tie eii'ective for the usual purposeof maintaining the rails in proper alinement and including improved fastening elements fixed to the tie in such manner that the rail may be quickly placed in position and readily removed when the trackage is being transported.

Tn the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of my improved tie. Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on line 22 Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a portion of the tie.

The tie, which is shown in the drawing in the "form "of-a 'flat plate 1 having its edges beveled seat 2, is preferably laid directly upon the road bed, but if desired, may be used in conjunction with the common form of wooden tie or sleeper. The clamping means by which the rail is secured to the tie includes complementary rigid and movable members, the rigid member, 3, being riveted or otherwise secured to the tie. This member may be of any preferred form, such as a block with an overhanging flange 4 for engaging the base flange of the rail. The

movable member of the clamping element.

shown this means as comprising:aprojection or stud 8 on the under face of the plate and adapted to take into a recess 9. in the tie, the projection or stud and recessed portion of the tie forming a locking means to prewith its recess and rests upon the tie, the plate is bent as against its tension. When the stud is seated in the recess the tendency is to hold itwthere.

To secure the maximum of eiiiciency in clamping the rail the end 7 of the plate has a straight edge 10 which, when the plate is and the'stud is in its recess, lies approximately parallel with the edge of the overhanging flange 4 of the rigid member 3 and with the web of the rail. The pivot 6 lies approximately in a plane intersecting the transverse center of the edge 7 of the plate, thus insuring an equalized pressure of the clamp.

The plate 5 is usually placed adjacent the side of the tie and the portion of the side of the plate in immediate juxtaposition to the web of the tie is cut away as at 12 so that in the clockwise turning movement of the plate there will be no interference between the end 7and the web of the rail, but the filate will be locked as against turning in the reverse direction.

In the usual construction, the fixed members 3 of the clamping means are on the outside of the rails, the movable members he in placed on the inside. Each of the movab e clamping plates is so located, on opposite sides of the tie, that its turning movement in a clockwise direction will permit of disengagement of its projection 8 from the recessed portion of the tie and from the tie itself by a few strokes of a hammer'or other implement.

In use the plate 1, with the fixed members lib 3 bolted or otherwise secured thereto, is laid on the roadway, with the movable clamping members 5 turned in the dotted line position indicated in Fig. 1. The rails are then trued after which the plate 5 may be readily turned so as to lock the rail. the beveled edge 2 of the tie aiding in the movement of the stud over the edge and onto the tie, as this stud has been swung clear of'the tie when plam 5 is free of thejrail as shown in dotted lines. The plate is locked by engagement of the stud 8 in the recess oi the tie as the plate is turned to rail engaging position.

I claimas my invention:

1. In a metallic railroad tie, rail clamping means including a fixed clamping block engaging one base flange of a rail, and a pivint oted plate adapted to engage the other base flange, and means adapted to automatically efi'ect a direct interlocking engagement between said plate and the tie as the former is moved to rail engaging position.

2. A metallic railroad tie having a recessed portion, rail clam ing means carried by said tie including fixed and movable clamping members, said movable clamping means having a pivotal connection with said tie and a stud on its under face adapted to engage the recessed portion of said tieto normally prevent turning of said means.

3. A metallic railroad tie having a re cessed portion, rail clamping means carried by said tie including a fixed clamping member and a plate pivoted to said tie, one end of said plate being adapted to engage the base flange of a rail and the other having a downwardly extending stud adapted to interlock with the recessed portion of said tie rection and adapted to engage the other base flange of the rail, said plate having a stud adapted to be normally seated in said recess and to be removed therefrom against the spring tension of said plate and to slide over the face of said tie when said plate is turned.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN C. FARBER. Witnesses:

S. R. WASHKO, F. A. Mnmo'rr. 

